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H. HEATH.

METHOD OF MAKING SAILOR KNOT SGARFS.

No. 335,071. Patented Jan. 26, 1 886.

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HENRY HEATH, OF NE\V YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO FISK. CLARK & FLAGG, OF SAME PLACE.

METHOD OF MAKING SAlLOR-KNOT SCARFS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 335,071, dated January 26, 1886.

Application filed November 2, 1885. Serial No. 181,630. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY HEATH, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sailor-Knot Scarfs; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of scarfs which are tied into a sailor-knot when worn, and has for its object to provide, with economy of material, a scarf of this description which shall be reversible, and shall fit the neck more neatly/than those heretofore manufactured; and it consists in the method hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the inner side of the strip of material from which a scarf is to be made, its interlining or body piece being illustrated as superimposed thereon, and a central portion broken out because of the length of the device; Fig. 2, a similar view showing one edge of the material folded over upon the interlining and its opposite edge folded in upon itself; Fig. 3, a similar view, partly in perspective, showing the scarf-strip fully folded over upon its inner lining-piece; Fig. 4, an elevation of the scarf when tied in a sailor-knot, and Fig. 5 transverse sections in line x as of Figs. 2 and 3.

Scarfs of the description to which my invention relates require, in order to fit and tie neatlyabont the neck, to be reduced in width in the portion thereof which is to serve as a neckband, and to be enlarged at one or both ends to present a wide face with which to form the knot.

Heretofore these sailor-knot scarfs have been made with a seam upon both edges, which, as the scarf-strip is cut bias, involves the use of an extra amount of material, or with a central seam, which prevents a reversal of the scarf, or when made with a single seam upon one edge only the seamless edge becomes a straight edge, leaving the stitched edge alone to follow a curved line, so that a neat and perfect fit thereof is presented.

My improved scarf is stitched upon one edge only, so that the seam is practically invisible,

permitting either side or face to beturnedoutward at pleasure, and by its novel construction will positively retain its shape upon both edges, however it may be stretched or worn. It may be widened at one end only.

A represents a strip of silk or other fine material to form the outer face of the scarf. This strip may be left of uniform width throughout its length, as shown in Fig. 1.

B is an interlining piece or body of con1- paratively stiff yet soft and pliable material such as fine linen canvas-which, because of its extended form, is longitudinallyelastic,but is transversely so far unyielding and inelastic as that it will firmly hold and retain the outer facing applied thereto in proper form. This interlining piece or body is cut out on either or both sides of the middle thereof with curved edges, so that the width of the strip is increased before reaching its outer end in the form desired for the outline of the finished scarf. Where the scarf is made with two wide ends, as shown in the drawings, the two ends are preferably formed with parallel or nearly parallel sides for a given distance, this distance being customarily greater at one end of the scarf than at the other. An equal inward curve is then imparted to each edge, as shown in the drawings, so as to reduce the width of the intermediate central portion or neckband of the scarf to about one-half that of its wide ends.

In the manufacture of the scarf the edges of the outer covering or scarf strip, A, are folded inward over a pattern, and drawn and pressed thereon until each folded edge is made to conform to the central outline of the interlining piece or body 13. The interlining is then inserted under one of these folded edges, as shown in Fig. 2, and the edge stretched thereto, and the remainder of the scarf-piece then folded over upon the interlining and drawn and pressed inward until its edge conforms to the covered edge of said interlining, now constituting one edge of the scarf. The two edges are then stitched together, as shown in Fig. 5, making a finished scarf.

In the construction of this scarf its wide end or ends are preferably made to enlarge suddenly from the narrow neckband, as at c, instead of with a gradual taper from the center to the end.

The attachment and confinement of both edges of the scarf-strip A over the interlining or body 13 insure its absolute conformity thereto, and thereby insure positivelya retention of its inwardly-curved outline on both edges under all circumstances, while its seam,

carried upon one edge only, becomes thereby vto acertain extent illustrated in Fig. 4.

I claim as my invention- The method of making a sailor-knot scarf with a narrow neckband and a wide end,which consists in cutting a strip to form its body or interlining piece, with an outward curve on both edges to form a narrow band with a wide end, then folding and fitting upon said body-strip an outer covering piece to conform closely thereto along both edges thereof, and to meet upon one edge only, and finally uniting the two edges of said covering-piece along the entire length of the scarf by a single invisible seam along the one edge only of the body-piece, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY HEATH.

WVitnesses:

SAMUEL RoBINsoN, J. EMRIoH. 

